Nathan Forrest is a lapsed Catholic, a welder, an illegitimate son, and a gifted jazz trumpeter.
But is their love and determination enough to bring them happiness, or will religious and social conflict consume.
Against a backdrop of decaying Westburn\'s doomed shipyards and bitter environment, the young lovers seek to escape the contraints of prejudice and hate.
After he begins pursuing Dorothy - a Protestant girl from a middle-class family - they face the antagonism of mid-20th century Scotland.
Nathan Forrest is a lapsed Catholic, a welder, an illegitimate son, and a gifted jazz trumpeter